British Crowds Cheer Kaiser William on London Visit
The Emperor William received a warm reception in London and Windsor as he left for England’s farewell. Crowds cheered at Paddington, Marlborough House, Trafalgar Square, and Windsor with flags flying and German banners displayed. The Kaiser joined King Edward, Crown Prince Frederick William, and the Duke of Connaught for a luncheon and talked of family ties and peace.
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London
William
Germany
Queen Victoria
Hohenzollern
Marlborough House
Edward
Emperor William
Frederick William
Duke of Connaught
Union
St. James’s Street
Paddington Station
Clyde Park
Piccadilly
Kaiser
Duke of Cambridge
Christian I of
Echleswig-Holstein
Marquis of Lansd
Victoria
Charing Cross
Trafalgar Square
York
Narl ‘Roberts
Blucher Regiment
Frank Greer
England
Coldstream Guards
Port Victoria
Duke of Sparta
Windsor
King Edward
Prince Henry
Prussia
Windsor Castle
Index of Departments and Page References
Indexed listings show Finance Affairs Wheat and commodities prices including corn oats cotton iron butter and creamery, with page numbers for each section such as Legal Notes Real Estate Society and War Report, plus arrivals at hotels and out of town buyers and business troubles.
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Western Creamery
Commercial World
Whipping Post Bill Filmed For Connecticut Legislature
A whipping post bill was introduced in the Connecticut Legislature by Mr. Freeman of Hartford. It would restore the whipping post for boys under sixteen when other punishments do not apply and allow up to twenty lashes in place of prison or reform school. The bill also permits moderate whipping for certain violent offenses against women, kidnapping, or threats by tramps, with medical presence and private execution to protect health.
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New Haven
Freeman
Hartford
Reform School
Frisbie
Albany
New York
Speaker
Police Department
Greater
Metropolis
New
Philadelphia
Argus
Walker Jr. Sued for Divorce by Isabel Walker
Isabel B. Walker sues J. Brisben Walker Jr. of Irvington for divorce claiming marital fault. Justice Keogh signs order appointing Robert L. Raymond to take testimony before March 1. John E. Coffin to hear and report. Court seeks child custody for Isabel Strother Walker and spousal support, plus restoration of her maiden name.
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White Plains
N. Y
John Brisben Walker, Jr
Irvington
Isabel B. Walker
Supreme Court
Keogh
William H. Blain
Broadway
Robert L. Raymond
Boston
Jennie R. Reinhard
Newbury Street
John E. Coffin
Whitman & Ewing
Wall Street
Westwood
N. J
Sabel Strother] Walker
Pictures of Croker Sway in Storm Fueled Skyscraper Debate
In a City Hall area skyscraper, over thirty portraits of Richard Croker swing during a storm. Test captions show the frame moved about two inches, while wind was ruled unlikely. experts conclude the tall steel building itself sways in wind.
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City Hall
Richard Croker
Tammany
Croker
Nagle
Harlem
Jack” Nagle
George Lee
Lee
Gece
Nagle Fines Uvalde Company for Snow Cleanup Shortfall
Street Cleaning Commissioner Percival E. Nagle fined the Uvalde Asphalt Paving Company $4,100 for failing to clear eighty-two blocks in the Fourth Street Cleaning District under the city contract. He warned of further action and alleged a blackmail-like ticket speculator scheme affecting snow removal workers.
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Tammany Stall
Nagle
Uvalde Asphalt Paving Company
Croker
Tammany
Richard Croker
Uvalde Company
Fifth Avenue
New York
Ivaide Company
R. T. Rokeby
Broadway
Manhattan
City of New York
Percival E. Nagle
Ralph T. Rokeby
P. FE. Nagle
Rokeby
The
Uvalde Comany
Head
Commissioner Nagle
Sargent
Uvalde Ashalt Company
Uvalde Asphalt Company
Fourth Street
Battery
Fourth
Rough Atlantic sea winds stall ships and a drifting ice
A powerful 72 mile per hour wind battered the harbor as ice clogged docks. Steamships such as Anders and Cymric faced long delays while tugs fought ice to reach berths. The Belgian steamer Olbers ran aground off Long Island, and Drumelzier and City of Washington also endured harrowing harbor maneuvers. A carrier pigeon with banded initials N A 6390 arrived aboard City of Washington after Absecon Light.
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Atlas Mail Line
West Twenty-sixth Street
Anders
N. A
Florida trip offer with Seaboard Air Line Railway
Advertisement urging readers to buy tickets to Florida via Seaboard Air Line Railway to escape cold weather. Mentions Office 1,208 Broadway as contact. No dates or events provided.
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Florida
Seaboard Air Line
Broadway
Adv
Mardi Gras Lines, New Orleans to New York Dining Car Note
A fragment mentions New Orleans Mardi Gras and a Southern Railway line rating a pine dining car from New Orleans to New York. Office address 271 and 1,185 Broadway appears in the text as a station or posting reference.
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New Orleans
Mardi Gras
Rec
Southern Ry
Eckels Defends Individualism and Trusts in Chicago
Former Controller James H. Eckels argued at the University of Chicago that there is room for individual effort amid modern commerce. He defended combinations as beneficial when properly managed, citing railroads as examples of improved service and lower rates driven by talent and honest management.
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Chicago
James H. Eckels
University of Chicago
Eckels
Steel prices to advance in rail and billet markets
Willis L. King of Jones & Laughlin and Frank Hirsch of the American Steel and Wire Company will travel to New York for meetings to push rail and billet price increases. Rail pool had set 26 dollars per ton, with mills holding orders. a further one dollar rise is expected to spur new bids. Bessemer billets in Pittsburg may climb from 19.75 to 20.75 per ton.
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Pittsburg
Willis L. King
Jones & Laughlins
Frank Hirsch
American Steel and Wire, Company
New York
Bessemer
Venezuelan troubles hint at cross border inducements
Washington believes a close link exists between Venezuelan and Colombian revolutionists. Both governments are accused of backing opposing factions for personal gains, while the State Department approves hearings for Tracy Boardman Platt and Bermuda Asphalt on a claim against Warner Quinlan concessionaires to be heard next week.
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Washington
Venezuela
Colombia
Uribe
Castro
State Department
Tracy, Boardman & Platt
New York
New York and Bermudez Asphalt Company
Warner-Quinlan
Mayor opposes higher Aldermanic salaries in Chicago
Chicago mayor declares against proposed raises from 1500 to 3500 or 5000 dollars. He says no increase for the next term, citing Chicago’s finances and need to repair bridges and streets. He argues funds should go to essential city needs rather than higher official pay.
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Chicago
Dunn Marries After Aunt Objection In Springfield
Clarence E. Dunn arrived from Rambler Cariboo Mines in British Columbia to wed Florence Shields. With police assistance the couple talked at headquarters and married in a quick ceremony with Squire Mahar. Dunn leaves as a wealthy man with cash, ponies, and mining stock.
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Springfield
Ohio
Clarence E. Dunn
Rambler
Cariboo
British Columbia
Florence Shields
Otto W. Stevens
Dunn
O’brien
Jones
Miss Shields
Otto Stevens
Squire Mahar
Adams resigns Johns Hopkins History Chair
Dr. Herbert B. Adams resigns as chairman of history at Johns Hopkins University and plans to stay linked with the U S Bureau of Education. He will edit six education history reports and serve as professor emeritus while remaining at the university and visiting students. Vincent will direct the Cerra temporarily.
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Baltimore
Herbert B. Adams
Johns Hopkins University
United States Bureau of Education
Harris Hasromised
University
John Martin
Vincent
Cerra
Adams
Charles A Hinckley Is Again Arrested in Washington
Charles A Hinckley alias Charles S Morris, once teller at the West Side Bank New York, arrested in Concondly Washington near the border. He fled with 97000 in 1881 after disappearing from the bank. Previously detained and released over extradition, he now faces possible extradition to New York once papers are obtained.
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New York Times
Rossland
B. C
Charles A. Hinckley
Charles S. Morris
Concondly
Washington
Boundary Line
Hinckley
West Side Bank
New York
Columbia
British Columbia
Theodore M. Bertine
Fred A. Camp
Similkameen
Keremeos
Bank
Bert Miller
W. C. Haywood
Summit Town Site Company
International Boundary Line
Conconoly
Lake of the Woods
Toronto
Fred Whitaker
Grand Forks
Brooklyn
Christian F. Tietzen
Canada
Brinceton
Olumbia
Spokane
United States
Kossland
Tietzen
Woodlawn Cemetery
A.L. Camp
Frederick Camp
Board of Health
Macey
Jersey City
Cleveland
C. S. Morris
Cere Es
Princeton
Columbia Town Site Company
Salvation Army to stage plays by members only
The Salvation Army plans a Chicago program where all roles are filled by army members. Major W. W. Winchell promotes moral dramas to drive out “bad” and “naughty” productions. The first show is The New Homestead, with the company rehearsing and writers creating original pieces to teach moral lessons.
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The
New York Times
Chicago
Salvation Army
W. W. Winchell
Peoria
Major Winchell
New Homestead
Meteor Startles Antioch Students Near Springfield
A large meteor crashed onto the porch in front of Antioch College dormitory, punched through roof and floor, left the ball lodged into ground, and is now displayed in the college museum. The event occurred as students slept in Yellow Springs eight miles south of Springfield, Ohio.
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Springfield
Ohio
Antioch College
Yellow Springs
Here
College
Florida Limited leaves New York for St Augustine daily
The Florida Limited departs New York at 42 40 noon via Penn. R. R. and Southern Ry daily except Sunday with earliest afternoon arrival at St. Augustine. Two other fast trains daily. Perfect dining and sleeping car service. New York offices at 271 and 1185 Broadway.
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Florida Limited
New York
Penn. R. R
Southern Ry
St.Augustine
N. Y
Broadway
Hague Festivities for Wilhelmina and Duke Henry Continue
The Hague hosts receptions and choral serenades as preparations for the royal wedding advance. Notables arrive at the palace for a state banquet honoring foreign envoys while a gala theatre display delights crowds. Snow and illuminated streets create a festive backdrop.
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The
Hague
Wilhelmina
Henry of
Mecklenburg-Scherwin
Mecklenburg- Schwerin
Adolph Frederick of
Mecklenburg
Maria
Albert
Prussia
Vladimir
Russia
Grand Duke
Mecklenburg-Schwerin
Schwerin
Boers Threaten Lorenzo Marques as Portugal Seeks Aid
Reports from London say the Boers under Blake threaten Lorenzo Marques and Portugal asks Britain for help. A British squadron may head to Delagoa Bay. the Foreign Office has only semi-official confirmation and no notice of latest developments. The Pyramus is ordered to South Africa.
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Lorenzo Marques
Delagoa Bay
London
Blake
Portugal
Delagoa Tay
Foreign Office
Lisbon
Komati Poort
Peace movement fails in South Africa drive
In Bloemfontein on February 5 the peace movement through surrendered Boers has failed so far. Peace envoys will visit Cape Town and launch new peace designs to seek an end to hostilities.
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Bloemfontein
Cape Town
South African Casualty List Reported By War Office
The War Office in London released a large casualty list noting 13 killed and 77 wounded in action, plus 82 deaths from disease since the month began. Last month, 31 officers and 800 other ranks were killed or died of disease, bringing the war’s total deaths to 12,989.
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London
War Office
Poison in wine spurs dispossession case before Judge Fallon
In New York District Civil Court on One Hundred and Twenty third Street and Lexington Avenue, Mrs Celia Nathan of 117 East One Hundred and Fifth Street faces dispossess proceedings. A demijohn of wine delivered to the Nathan home sickened the daughter and son in law after a glass was tasted. Dr Ralph Goldberg found traces of strychnine in the wine. More tests are planned before action. The judge warned against eviction in bad weather and considered criminal action against the janitor if falsified payments were proved.
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Fallon
District Civil Court
One Hundred and Twenty-third Street
Lexington Avenue
Celia Nathan
East One Hundred and Fifth Street
Athan
Nathan
Rhode Island Divorce Law Proposals Reported in Newport
Newport Rhode Island February 5 proposed changes to state divorce law set residency and grounds rules. No divorce for causes from another state unless those grounds existed there. Applicants must reside in Rhode Island one year with intent to stay or two years if the plaintiff or defendant is absent. Final decree delayed if publication notice only and defendant fails to appear. six months after hearing and decision before finalizing.
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Bey Hat
PP Lanngs
Deerfoot Farm Sausages Ad Stirs Cautious Consumers
An advertisement for Deerfoot Farm markets two pound sausage packages made from tender meat of dairy fed young ricers and seasoned with selected spices. It warns buyers to beware of imitators and notes price and package size.
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Deerfoot Farm
Police Bill Ready 10 Sign Belief Prevails For Law
Albany report on the New York City police reform bill, sent to Mayor Van Wyck after Assembly passage 101 to 43 on party lines. Debate centered on gubernatorial removal power, with Tammany warnings to Republicans and expectation of Gov. Hughes veto override by Feb 22.
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Albany
New York City
van Wyck
Assembly
Fitzgerald
Tammany
Senate
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Sheerness
Nymphe
Niobe
Minerva
Prince Henry of
Baden
Portsmouth
United Service
Connecticut
J. Brisben Walker, JR
H. B. Adams
Johns Hopkins
Ballantine
Salvationists
Meteor
Rhode Island
Newport
Law
New World
Court of Appeals
Placig
Mn Fitzgerald
Tammany Hall
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